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Barbara Lee on Civil Rights

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Civil Rights44 votes · 16.7/100 consistent
Broaden protectionsNarrow protections

118 roll calls on this member’s record are tagged Civil Rights. 44 of them counted toward the score above: 37 toward “Broaden protections” and 7 toward “Narrow protections”.

The other 74 did not count: 72 were roll calls whose direction on this issue could not be read confidently — mostly procedural motions — and 2 were ones they did not cast a yea or nay on. They are listed below anyway, marked as not scored, because a filtered list of votes is not a voting record.

DateWhat was voted onVotedCounted as
2002-09-25Abortion Non-Discrimination ActH.R. 4691 · 107th Congress · On PassageNayNarrow protections
2002-09-25Abortion Non-Discrimination ActH.R. 4691 · 107th Congress · On Motion to Recommit with InstructionsYeaDirection not readable
2002-09-25Providing for Consideration of H.R. 4691, Abortion Non-Discrimination ActH.Res. 546 · 107th Congress · On Agreeing to the ResolutionNayDirection not readable
2001-07-30Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the World Conference Against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia, and Related Intolerance presents a unique opportunity to address global discriminationH.Res. 212 · 107th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree, as AmendedYeaDirection not readable
2000-10-02Privacy Commission Act — H R 4049 QUESTION: ON MOTION TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND PASS, AS AMENDED PRIVACY COMMISSION ACTH.R. 4049 · 106th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as AmendedNayNarrow protections
2000-05-08Expressing the sense of the Congress regarding the necessity to expedite the settlement process for discrimination claims against the Department of Agriculture brought by African-American farmers — H CON RES 296 QUESTION: ON MOTION TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND AGREE EXPRESSING THE SENSE OF THE CONGRESS REGARDING THE NECESSITY TO EXPEDITE THE SETTLEMENT PROCESS FOR DISCRIMINATION CLAIMS AGAINST THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE BROUGHT BY AFRICAN-AMERICAN FARMERSH.Con.Res. 296 · 106th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and AgreeNayDirection not readable
1999-07-15Religious Liberty Protection Act — H R 1691 QUESTION: ON PASSAGE RELIGIOUS LIBERTY PROTECTION ACTH.R. 1691 · 106th Congress · On PassageNayNarrow protections
1999-07-15H R 1691 AUTHOR(S): NADLER OF NEW YORK SUBSTITUTE AMENDMENT QUESTION: ON AGREEING TO THE AMENDMENT RELIGIOUS LIBERTY PROTECTION ACTH.R. 1691 · 106th Congress · On Agreeing to the AmendmentYeaDirection not readable
1999-03-23Affirming the Congress’ Opposition to All Forms of Racism and Bigotry — H RES 121 QUESTION: ON MOTION TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND AGREE AFFIRMING THE CONGRESS' OPPOSITION TO ALL FORMS OF RACISM AND BIGOTRYH.Res. 121 · 106th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and AgreeNayDirection not readable
1998-12-19(HOUSE AGREED TO ARTICLE III, OF H. RES. 611: IN HIS CONDUCT WHILE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, WILLIAM JEFFERSON CLINTON, IN VIOLATION OF HIS CONSTITUTIONAL OATH FAITHFULLY TO EXECUTE THE OFFICE OF PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES AND, TO THE BEST OF HIS ABILITY, PRESERVE, PROTECT, AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES, AND IN VIOLATION OF HIS CONSTITUTIONAL DUTY TO TAKE CARE THAT THE LAWS BE FAITHFULLY EXECUTED, HAS PREVENTED, OBSTRUCTED, AND IMPEDED THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE, AND HAS TO THAT END ENGAGED PERSONALLY, AND THROUGH HIS SUBORDINATES AND AGENTS, IN A COURSE OF CONDUCT OR SCHEME DESIGNED TO DELAY, IMPEDE, COVER UP, AND CONCEAL THE EXISTENCE OF EVIDENCE AND TESTIMONY RELATED TO A FEDERAL CIVIL RIGHTS ACTION BROUGHT AGAINST HIM IN A DULY INSTITUTED JUDICIAL PROCEEDING. THE MEANS USED TO IMPLEMENT THIS COURSE OF CONDUCT OR SCHEME INCLUDED ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING ACTS: (1) ON OR ABOUT DECEMBER 17, 1997, WILLIAM JEFFERSON CLINTON CORRUPTLY ENCOURAGED A WITNESS IN A FEDERAL CIVIL RIGHTS ACTION BROUGHT AGAINST HIM TO EXECUTE A SWORN AFFIDAVIT IN THAT PROCEEDING THAT HE KNEW TO BE PERJURIOUS, FALSE AND MISLEADING. (2) ON OR ABOUT DECEMBER 17, 1997, WILLIAM JEFFERSON CLINTON CORRUPTLY ENCOURAGED A WITNESS IN A FEDERAL CIVIL RIGHTS ACTION BROUGHT AGAINST HIM TO GIVE PERJURIOUS, FALSE AND MISLEADING TESTIMONY IF AND WHEN CALLED TO TESTIFY PERSONALLY IN THAT PROCEEDING. (3) ON OR ABOUT DECEMBER 28, 1997, WILLIAM JEFFERSON CLINTON CORRUPTLY ENGAGED IN, ENCOURAGED, OR SUPPORTED A SCHEME TO CONCEAL EVIDENCE THAT HAD BEEN SUBPOENAED IN A FEDERAL CIVIL RIGHTS ACTION BROUGHT AGAINST HIM. (4) BEGINNING ON OR ABOUT DECEMBER 7, 1997, AND CONTINUING THROUGH AND INCLUDING JANUARY 14, 1998, WILLIAM JEFFERSON CLINTON INTENSIFIED AND SUCCEEDED IN AN EFFORT TO SECURE JOB ASSISTANCE TO A WITNESS IN A FEDERAL CIVIL RIGHTS ACTION BROUGHT AGAINST HIM IN ORDER TO CORRUPTLY PREVENT THE TRUTHFUL TESTIMONY OF THAT WITNESS IN THAT PROCEEDING AT A TIME WHEN THE TRUTHFUL TESTIMONY OF THAT WITNESS WOULD HAVE BEEN HARMFUL TO HIM. (5) ON JANUARY 17, 1998, AT HIS DEPOSITION IN A FEDERAL CIVIL RIGHTS ACTION BROUGHT AGAINST HIM, WILLIAM JEFFERSON CLINTON CORRUPTLY ALLOWED HIS ATTORNEY TO MAKE FALSE AND MISLEADING STATEMENTS TO A FEDERAL JUDGE CHARACTERIZING AN AFFIDAVIT, IN ORDER TO PREVENT QUESTIONING DEEMED RELEVANT BY THE JUDGE. SUCH FALSE AND MISLEADING STATEMENTS WERE SUBSEQUENTLY ACKNOWLEDGED BY HIS ATTORNEY IN A COMMUNICATION TO THAT JUDGE. (6) ON OR ABOUT JANUARY 18 AND JANUARY 20-21, 1998, WILLIAM JEFFERSON CLINTON RELATED A FALSE AND MISLEADING ACCOUNT OF EVENTS RELEVANT TO A FEDERAL CIVIL RIGHTS ACTION BROUGHT AGAINST HIM TO A POTENTIAL WITNESS IN THAT PROCEEDING, IN ORDER TO CORRUPTLY INFLUENCE THE TESTIMONY OF THAT WITNESS. (7) ON OR ABOUT JANUARY 21, 23 AND 26, 1998, WILLIAM JEFFERSON CLINTON MADE FALSE AND MISLEADING STATEMENTS TO POTENTIAL WITNESSES IN A FEDERAL GRAND JURY PROCEEDING IN ORDER TO CORRUPTLY INFLUENCE THE TESTIMONY OF THOSE WITNESSES. THE FALSE AND MISLEADING STATEMENTS MADE BY WILLIAM JEFFERSON CLINTON WERE REPEATED BY THE WITNESSES TO THE GRAND JURY, CAUSING THE GRAND JURY TO RECEIVE FALSE AND MISLEADING INFORMATION. IN ALL OF THIS, WILLIAM JEFFERSON CLINTON HAS UNDERMINED THE INTEGRITY OF HIS OFFICE, HAS BROUGHT DISREPUTE ON THE PRESIDENCY, HAS BETRAYED HIS TRUST AS PRESIDENT, AND HAS ACTED IN A MANNER SUBVERSIVE OF THE RULE OF LAW AND JUSTICE, TO THE MANIFEST INJURY OF THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES. WHEREFORE, WILLIAM JEFFERSON CLINTON, BY SUCH CONDUCT, WARRANTS IMPEACHMENT AND TRIAL, AND REMOVAL FROM OFFICE AND DISQUALIFICATION TO HOLD AND ENJOY ANY OFFICE OF HONOR, TRUST, OR PROFIT UNDER THE UNITED STATES. .)H.Res. 611 · 105th Congress · Adopting the Third ArticleNayDirection not readable
1998-12-19(HOUSE REJECTED ARTICLE II, OF H. RES. 611: IN HIS CONDUCT WHILE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, WILLIAM JEFFERSON CLINTON, IN VIOLATION OF HIS CONSTITUTIONAL OATH FAITHFULLY TO EXECUTE THE OFFICE OF PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES AND, TO THE BEST OF HIS ABILITY, PRESERVE, PROTECT, AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES, AND IN VIOLATION OF HIS CONSTITUTIONAL DUTY TO TAKE CARE THAT THE LAWS BE FAITHFULLY EXECUTED, HAS WILLFULLY CORRUPTED AND MANIPULATED THE JUDICIAL PROCESS OF THE UNITED STATES FOR HIS PERSONAL GAIN AND EXONERATION, IMPEDING THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE, IN THAT: (1) ON DECEMBER 23, 1997, WILLIAM JEFFERSON CLINTON, IN SWORN ANSWERS TO WRITTEN QUESTIONS ASKED AS PART OF A FEDERAL CIVIL RIGHTS ACTION BROUGHT AGAINST HIM, WILLFULLY PROVIDED PERJURIOUS, FALSE AND MISLEADING TESTIMONY IN RESPONSE TO QUESTIONS DEEMED RELEVANT BY A FEDERAL JUDGE CONCERNING CONDUCT AND PROPOSED CONDUCT WITH SUBORDINATE EMPLOYEES. (2) ON JANUARY 17, 1998, WILLIAM JEFFERSON CLINTON SWORE UNDER OATH TO TELL THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH, AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH IN A DEPOSITION GIVEN AS PART OF A FEDERAL CIVIL RIGHTS ACTION BROUGHT AGAINST HIM. CONTRARY TO THAT OATH, WILLIAM JEFFERSON CLINTON WILLFULLY PROVIDED PERJURIOUS, FALSE AND MISLEADING TESTIMONY IN RESPONSE TO QUESTIONS DEEMED RELEVANT BY A FEDERAL JUDGE CONCERNING THE NATURE AND DETAILS OF HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH A SUBORDINATE GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEE, HIS KNOWLEDGE OF THAT EMPLOYEE'S INVOLVEMENT AND PARTICIPATION IN THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACTION BROUGHT AGAINST HIM, AND HIS CORRUPT EFFORTS TO INFLUENCE THE TESTIMONY OF THAT EMPLOYEE. IN ALL OF THIS, WILLIAM JEFFERSON CLINTON HAS UNDERMINED THE INTEGRITY OF HIS OFFICE, HAS BROUGHT DISREPUTE ON THE PRESIDENCY, HAS BETRAYED HIS TRUST AS PRESIDENT, AND HAS ACTED IN A MANNER SUBVERSIVE OF THE RULE OF LAW AND JUSTICE, TO THE MANIFEST INJURY OF THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES. WHEREFORE, WILLIAM JEFFERSON CLINTON, BY SUCH CONDUCT, WARRANTS IMPEACHMENT AND TRIAL, AND REMOVAL FROM OFFICE AND DISQUALIFICATION TO HOLD AND ENJOY ANY OFFICE OF HONOR, TRUST, OR PROFIT UNDER THE UNITED STATES. .)H.Res. 611 · 105th Congress · Adopting the Second ArticleNayDirection not readable
1998-12-19(HOUSE AGREED TO ARTICLE I, OF H. RES. 611: IN HIS CONDUCT WHILE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, WILLIAM JEFFERSON CLINTON, IN VIOLATION OF HIS CONSTITUTIONAL OATH FAITHFULLY TO EXECUTE THE OFFICE OF PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES AND, TO THE BEST OF HIS ABILITY, PRESERVE, PROTECT, AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES, AND IN VIOLATION OF HIS CONSTITUTIONAL DUTY TO TAKE CARE THAT THE LAWS BE FAITHFULLY EXECUTED, HAS WILLFULLY CORRUPTED AND MANIPULATED THE JUDICIAL PROCESS OF THE UNITED STATES FOR HIS PERSONAL GAIN AND EXONERATION, IMPEDING THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE, IN THAT: ON AUGUST 17, 1998, WILLIAM JEFFERSON CLINTON SWORE TO TELL THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH, AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH BEFORE A FEDERAL GRAND JURY OF THE UNITED STATES. CONTRARY TO THAT OATH, WILLIAM JEFFERSON CLINTON WILLFULLY PROVIDED PERJURIOUS, FALSE AND MISLEADING TESTIMONY TO THE GRAND JURY CONCERNING ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING: (1) THE NATURE AND DETAILS OF HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH A SUBORDINATE GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEE; (2) PRIOR PERJURIOUS, FALSE AND MISLEADING TESTIMONY HE GAVE IN A FEDERAL CIVIL RIGHTS ACTION BROUGHT AGAINST HIM; (3) PRIOR FALSE AND MISLEADING STATEMENTS HE ALLOWED HIS ATTORNEY TO MAKE TO A FEDERAL JUDGE IN THAT CIVIL RIGHTS ACTION; AND (4) HIS CORRUPT EFFORTS TO INFLUENCE THE TESTIMONY OF WITNESSES AND TO IMPEDE THE DISCOVERY OF EVIDENCE IN THAT CIVIL RIGHTS ACTION. IN DOING THIS, WILLIAM JEFFERSON CLINTON HAS UNDERMINED THE INTEGRITY OF HIS OFFICE, HAS BROUGHT DISREPUTE ON THE PRESIDENCY, HAS BETRAYED HIS TRUST AS PRESIDENT, AND HAS ACTED IN A MANNER SUBVERSIVE OF THE RULE OF LAW AND JUSTICE, TO THE MANIFEST INJURY OF THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES. WHEREFORE, WILLIAM JEFFERSON CLINTON, BY SUCH CONDUCT, WARRANTS IMPEACHMENT AND TRIAL, AND REMOVAL FROM OFFICE AND DISQUALIFICATION TO HOLD AND ENJOY ANY OFFICE OF HONOR, TRUST, OR PROFIT UNDER THE UNITED STATES. .)H.Res. 611 · 105th Congress · Adopting the First ArticleNayDirection not readable
1998-06-04Religious Freedom Constitutional Amendment — (WITH TWO-THIRDS REQUIRED FOR PASSAGE, HOUSE FAILED TO PASS H.J. RES. 78, PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES RESTORING RELIGIOUS FREEDOM.)H.J.Res. 78 · 105th Congress · On PassageNayDirection not readable
1998-06-04Religious Freedom Constitutional Amendment — (HOUSE REJECTED THE SCOTT MOTION TO RECOMMIT THE JOINT RESOLUTION TO THE COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY WITH INSTRUCTIONS TO REPORT IT BACK WITH AN AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE THAT PROPOSES AN AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES THAT STATES THAT "CONGRESS SHALL MAKE NO LAWS RESPECTING AN ESTABLISHMENT OF RELIGION, OR PROHIBITING THE FREE EXERCISE THEREOF.".)H.J.Res. 78 · 105th Congress · On Motion to Recommit with InstructionsYeaBroaden protections
1998-06-04(ON DEMAND FOR A DIVISION OF THE QUESTION, HOUSE REJECTED THE BISHOP AMENDMENT, PART 2, THAT SOUGHT TO STRIKE LANGUAGE DEALING WITH THE DENIAL OF "EQUAL ACCESS TO A BENEFIT ON ACCOUNT OF RELIGION" AND INSERT "OR OTHERWISE COMPEL OR DISCRIMINATE AGAINST RELIGION".)H.J.Res. 78 · 105th Congress · On agreeing to Part 2 of the amendmentNayNarrow protections
1998-06-04H.J.R.78 BY ISTOOK (R-OK) -- CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES, AMENDMENT RELIGIOUS FREEDOM (ON DEMAND FOR A DIVISION OF THE QUESTION, HOUSE REJECTED THE BISHOP AMENDMENT, PART 1, THAT SOUGHT TO, STRIKE LANGUAGE TO SECURE THE RIGHT TO "ACKNOWLEDGE GOD" AND INSERT THE RIGHT TO "FREEDOM OF RELIGION".)H.J.Res. 78 · 105th Congress · On Agreeing to Part 1 of the amendmentNayNarrow protections
1998-05-19(HOUSE REJECTED THE BECERRA AMENDMENT, H.R. 3534, TO PERMIT POINTS OF ORDER AGAINST PROVISIONS THAT PROHIBIT OR MAKE LESS STRINGENT ANY MANDATE ESTABLISHED TO PROTECT CIVIL RIGHTS.)H.R. 3534 · 105th Congress · On Agreeing to the AmendmentYeaBroaden protections
1998-05-06(HOUSE REJECTED THE RIGGS AMENDMENT THAT SOUGHT TO PROHIBIT DISCRIMINATION AND PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT TO ANY PERSON OR GROUP BASED IN WHOLE OR IN PART ON RACE, SEX, COLOR, ETHNICITY, OR NATIONAL ORIGIN. .)H.R. 6 · 105th Congress · On Agreeing to the AmendmentNayBroaden protections

Sorted newest first. “Counted as” is which end of the Broaden protections / Narrow protections axis the vote moved this member toward, using the direction recorded for this issue on that roll call. Open any row to see the full measure, the tally, and the reason that direction was assigned.